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World Geography covers continents, oceans, major rivers, lakes, mountains, deserts, islands, straits and canals, along with countries, capitals, borders and time zones. It also includes climate regions, natural resources, population distribution and important physical features, distinguishing physical geography from political geography.
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- A. The Puerto Rico Trench floor
- B. The Java Trench floor
- C. Challenger Deep
- D. The South Sandwich Trench floor
Explanation: Challenger Deep is the deepest surveyed point in the oceans.
Correct answer: Challenger Deep- A. The Tonga Trench
- B. The Philippine Trench
- C. The Puerto Rico Trench
- D. The Mariana Trench
Explanation: Challenger Deep is at the southern end of the Mariana Trench.
Correct answer: The Mariana Trench- A. The western Pacific
- B. The eastern Pacific
- C. The central Pacific
- D. The southeastern Pacific
Explanation: The Mariana Trench lies in the western Pacific, east of the Mariana Islands.
Correct answer: The western Pacific- A. The Mariana Trench
- B. The Puerto Rico Trench
- C. The South Sandwich Trench
- D. The Romanche Trench
Explanation: The Puerto Rico Trench holds the Atlantic's greatest depth.
Correct answer: The Puerto Rico Trench- A. The South Pacific Ocean
- B. The Austral Ocean
- C. The Antarctic Ocean
- D. The Polar Ocean
Explanation: The Southern Ocean is also widely called the Antarctic Ocean.
Correct answer: The Antarctic Ocean- A. The Equator
- B. The Tropic of Capricorn
- C. The Antarctic Circle
- D. 60 degrees south latitude
Explanation: The Southern Ocean is generally taken to extend north to 60°S.
Correct answer: 60 degrees south latitude- A. The Arctic Ocean
- B. The Atlantic Ocean
- C. The Southern Ocean
- D. The Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The geographic North Pole lies in the Arctic Ocean's ice-covered waters.
Correct answer: The Arctic Ocean- A. The Southern Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Atlantic Ocean
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: The Atlantic separates the Americas (west) from Europe and Africa (east).
Correct answer: The Atlantic Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Atlantic Ocean
- C. The Arctic Ocean
- D. The Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The Pacific stretches between Asia-Australia on its western side and the Americas on its eastern side.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Southern Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Indian Ocean is bounded by Africa to the west and Australia to the east.
Correct answer: The Indian Ocean- A. The Atlantic Ocean
- B. The Arctic Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: Russia's long northern coastline faces the Arctic Ocean.
Correct answer: The Arctic Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Arctic Ocean
- D. The Southern Ocean
Explanation: Asia's eastern seaboard, including China and Japan, faces the Pacific.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. The Atlantic Ocean
- B. The Arctic Ocean
- C. The Indian Ocean
- D. The Pacific Ocean
Explanation: Southern Asia, including India and Pakistan, borders the Indian Ocean.
Correct answer: The Indian Ocean- A. The Southern Ocean
- B. The Indian Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: Africa's western coast faces the Atlantic Ocean.
Correct answer: The Atlantic Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Atlantic Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Southern Ocean
Explanation: Eastern Africa, including Kenya and Tanzania, borders the Indian Ocean.
Correct answer: The Indian Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Southern Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Pacific washes the western coasts of Peru and Chile.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. The Southern Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Atlantic Ocean
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: Brazil and Argentina face the Atlantic on the east.
Correct answer: The Atlantic Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Arctic Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: Western Europe's coastline faces the Atlantic Ocean.
Correct answer: The Atlantic Ocean- A. The Arctic, Indian and Southern oceans
- B. The Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans
- C. The Pacific, Southern and Atlantic oceans
- D. The Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans
Explanation: North America is bordered by the Arctic to the north, the Atlantic to the east and the Pacific to the west.
Correct answer: The Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans- A. The Pacific, Indian and Southern oceans
- B. The Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans
- C. The Arctic, Pacific and Indian oceans
- D. The Atlantic, Indian and Southern oceans
Explanation: Asia touches the Arctic in the north, the Pacific in the east and the Indian Ocean in the south.
Correct answer: The Arctic, Pacific and Indian oceans